Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
Issued by NWS Fairbanks, AK
924 WWAK83 PAFG 042246 SPSAFG Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Fairbanks AK 246 PM AKDT Tue Jun 4 2024 AKZ832>847-849-050700- Dalton Highway Summits-Yukon Flats- White Mountains and High Terrain South of the Yukon River- Fortymile Country-Upper Tanana Valley-Delta Junction- Upper Chena River Valley-Tanana Flats-Eielson AFB and Salcha- Goldstream Valley and Nenana Hills-Chatanika River Valley- Two Rivers-Fairbanks Metro Area-Nenana-Central Interior- Northern Denali Borough-Eastern Alaska Range North of Trims Camp- Including Gobblers Knob, Prospect Creek, Finger Mountain, The Yukon River Bridge, The Dalton Highway from MP 39 to MP 164, Fort Yukon, Venetie, Circle, Central, Stevens Village, Beaver, The Steese Highway north of MP 124, Livengood, Circle Hot Springs, Eagle Summit, Twelvemile Summit, The Steese Highway from MP 85 to MP 124, The Elliott Highway from MP 32 to MP 134, The Dalton Highway from MP 0 to MP 38, Eagle, Chicken, The Taylor Highway north of MP 9, Tok, Tanacross, Tetlin, Northway, Alcan, The Alaska Highway east of MP 1392, The Taylor Highway south of MP 9, The Tok Cutoff north of MP 105, Delta Junction, Fort Greely, Deltana, Chena Hot Springs, Chena Hot Springs Road east of MP 34, Birch Lake, The Richardson Highway from MP 295 to MP 317, Eielson AFB, Salcha, Moose Creek, Harding Lake, The Richardson Highway from MP 317 to MP 346, Ester Dome, Murphy Dome, The Parks Highway from MP 325 to MP 342, Haystack, The Elliott Highway from MP 1 to MP 32, The Steese Highway from MP 12 to MP 85, Two Rivers, Chena Hot Springs Road from MP 12 to MP 34, Fairbanks, Fort Wainwright, Ester, North Pole, Fox, Nenana, The Parks Highway from MP 290 to 325, Tanana, Minto, Manley Hot Springs, Rampart, Lake Minchumina, Healy, Denali National Park, Kantishna, Anderson, The Parks Highway from MP 237 to MP 288, Black Rapids, Donnelly Dome, and The Richardson Highway from MP 224 to MP 259 246 PM AKDT Tue Jun 4 2024 ...Strong Thunderstorms Today and Wednesday... Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will develop across The Eastern Interior of Alaska this afternoon and continue into this evening. Some of the thunderstorms this afternoon and evening will have winds gusting to 30 mph and small hail along with brief heavy downpours. Thunderstorms will diminish by midnight but scattered showers will continue into early Wednesday. On Wednesday, scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms in the morning will become widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. By Wednesday afternoon, large hail, frequent lightning and heavy downpours are possible. The large hail, lightning and heavy rain will diminish after midnight Wednesday night. Hail on Wednesday afternoon and evening could be large enough to damage cars, garden plants and injure people. Frequent lightning on Wednesday afternoon and evening could cause injury to people outdoors. The heavy rain on Wednesday brings the risk of flash flooding over steep terrain of the Eastern Interior on Wednesday afternoon and evening. People in the Eastern Interior should be alert to severe weather Wednesday afternoon and evening. $$ JB